Linguistic barriers and healthcare in China: Chaoshan vs. Mandarin

• Main Authors: Dangui Zhang (Author), Zichun Jiang (Author), Yu Xie (Author), Weiming Wu (Author), Yixuan Zhao (Author), Anqi Huang (Author), Tumei Li (Author), William Ba-Thein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background China has 129 dialects with Mandarin as the standard and Chaoshan as the major dialect of the Chaoshan region in Guangdong. This study aimed to describe the dialect competence and usage, communication difficulty, impact of linguistic barriers, and subjective experience in healthc...